Humanist Society of New Zealand (Inc.), PO Box 3372, Wellington, New Zealand – Registered Charity No. CC36074 The Humanist Society of New Zealand is a Member Organisation of the International Humanist and Ethical Union Humanist Newsletter July 2017 Kia ora: This month...

Kia ora: Inequality has been pondered for centuries but we do not seem to find a solution and make it work. In 1606 Shakespeare wrote in King Lear ‘Distribution should undo excess, And each man have enough.’(Act 4, Scene 1) After the carnage of the First World War,...

Kia ora: Today April 25 ANZAC Day is rather sombre as I begin this newsletter. Not so much the weather but the mood. Malcolm McKinnon, a Wellington historian has written a thoughtful article in today’s Dominion Post. It is right to remember all those fallen in war but...

Kia ora: For so long we have used God as an excuse to keep our patience when we did not have the understanding and knowledge to change things that needed to change. We could not heal disease, we did not understand the causes of natural disasters. Religion helped to...

Kia ora: Over the holidays I read Lionel Shriver’s dystopian novel The Mandibles a family 2019-2047 (2016). The actions of Trump’s America make me ask- ‘have we already been catapulted into the dystopian future? Monthly meeting: Monday 6 March 6.30 pm Welcome to 2017...